We are destroying ourselves and the planet with our current eating process. The solution is simple: LESS MEAT LESS JUNK MORE PLANTS Repeat it over and over again with each bite.
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I think new construction is to building like heroin is to health. It should be outlawed as a threat to our well-being. There are enough old buildings for us to renovate. New construction is a needless act of arrogance and self destruction. There’s really not much more to say. I could explain why I guess
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Beekeeping has just been legalized in New York. This is great news and the result of hard work from the beekeeping community. Let there bee light! Sweet! More here
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Here is a graph that shows some of the highest energy consumers and lowest per capita. Sobering. Click on image to enlarge
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The NY City College of Technology does this cool seminar series called Anatomy of a Brownstone. I’ll be one of their speakers. For more info see below. It is tomorrow. Spring 2010 Offering: Layouts and Lifestyles Course Code: BRNS 032 Date: Saturday 3/13 1 – 5 pm Fee: $40 Directions: click here When it’s time
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Go Green Expo NYC is coming up next week. See below to get the $10 special rate. I went last year and it was ok. It is really a subsection of Architectural Digest Home Design Show, although I’m sure it will be bigger this year. Go Green Expo NYC in my opinion is profit based.
There is a myth in Western society that growth is a positive thing. If your company grows it is considered a sign of success. Growing ones wealth is thought to be a universal desire. But growth is an energy without morality. We are the ones that make it moral. It is not good or bad.
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We just went away and left our brownstone for two weeks. We turned off all the heat. The only appliance making heat was the fridge. And while we were gone NY got hit with one of the worst snow storms in history. How cold was our home when we came back? A balmy 60 degrees.
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Here is a spiral staircase we are designing for a client. We salvaged an antique round oak beam. It measures 14 feet long and is a solid 8 inches in diameter. The wood is so dense it takes four guys to lift it. We tried cutting it with a chainsaw and broke the chainsaw. It
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We are on holiday. This morning my daughter asked, “Why wherever we go in the world there are so many houses? Why are there so little open fields with flowers?” What have we done to this world? I don’t care if all the houses are green. We’ve got too many of them. We are in
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